The Labour Department (LD) will hold a large-scale job fair at Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai on August 4 and 5 to provide many vacancies from various industries for job seekers.
      
     About 40 organisations will participate in the two-day job fair and offer over 2 000 job vacancies. Around 20 organisations will set up booths and conduct recruitment activities on the spot each day. The vacancies include accounting officer, social media and marketing executive, electronic engineer, chef, IT administrator, chemist, social worker, technician, packer, security guard, driver, storekeeper, shop assistant, clerk and customer service officer. Job seekers can find more information on the vacancies on the LD's Interactive Employment Service website (www.jobs.gov.hk).
      
     Around 80 per cent of the vacancies are full-time jobs and most of them offer monthly salaries ranging from $12,000 to $21,000. About 95 per cent of the vacancies require a Secondary Six education level or below. About 60 per cent are open to job seekers without relevant work experience.
      
     Job seekers can submit job applications during the event and may be selected for on-the-spot interviews. They can also make enquiries on the employment services provided by the LD at its counter inside the venue.
      
     The job fair will be held from 11am to 5.30pm at 1/F, Southorn Stadium, 111 Johnston Road, Wan Chai (near Exit A3 of Wan Chai MTR Station). Admission is free, with the final admission time at 5pm each day. Appropriate infection control and crowd control measures taking into account the latest epidemic developments and number of visitors will be implemented at the venue. All visitors are required to fulfil the Vaccine Pass requirements and use the "LeaveHomeSafe" mobile application to scan the venue QR code (except for exempted persons).

     As the rainstorm warning has been issued by the Hong Kong Observatory, the Labour Department (LD) reminds employers and contractors that they should adopt necessary work arrangements and take suitable safety measures to protect the safety of their employees when they are carrying out electrical work or handling electrical plant.

     A spokesman for the LD said today (July 30) that employers and contractors should avoid assigning employees to carry out electrical work (like electric arc welding work) or handle electrical plant at places affected by rainstorms, and should refer to the "Code of Practice in times of Typhoons and Rainstorms" and the "Guide on Safety at Work in times of Inclement Weather" issued by the LD.

     Even if electrical work is carried out or electrical plant is handled at places not affected by the rainstorm, suitable safety measures must still be adopted to prevent electric shock as the air would be more humid. Such measures include:

(i) Ensure that all live parts of an electrical installation are isolated from the power supply source and rendered dead, and the isolation from the power supply source must be maintained as long as electrical work is being carried out;

(ii) Before carrying out any electrical work or handling any electrical plant, cut off and lock out the power supply source, then test the circuit concerned to confirm it is dead and display suitable warning notices, and issue a work permit thereafter;

(iii) Ensure that protective devices (such as suitable and adequate fuses and circuit breakers) for the electrical installations or electrical plant have been installed and maintained in good working order, and portable electric tools must be double-insulated or properly earthed;

(iv) Provide suitable personal protective equipment such as insulating gloves and insulating mats for employees; and

(v) If live electrical work is unavoidable, a comprehensive risk assessment should be conducted by a competent person and the appropriate safety precautions should be taken to remove or properly control the electrical hazards involved before such work can proceed.

     In addition, employees should co-operate with the employer or contractor to follow the safety instructions and use the safety equipment provided.

     The LD has published guidebooks and leaflets on electrical work safety. These safety publications are available free from divisional offices of the department or can be downloaded from its website (www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/content2_8.htm).

     Should there be any questions about occupational safety and health matters, please contact the Occupational Safety Officer of the LD at 2559 2297.

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     Members of the public are advised to report any street flooding that comes to their notice to the Drainage Services Department by calling the 24-hour drainage hotline on 2300 1110.

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority today (July 28) announced information regarding patients who tested positive via admission screening or testing with patients or staff members identified as close contacts and nosocomial COVID-19 infection cases.
 
     The following are the statistics of patients who tested positive via admission screening or by testing in public hospitals with patients or staff members identified as close contacts:
 

 
     Thorough cleaning and disinfection operations have been performed in the affected areas by the hospitals. The hospitals will continue to closely monitor the health conditions of patients and staff members, and communicate with the Centre for Health Protection on the latest situation.
 
     There have been no clusters of nosocomial infection cases reported in public hospitals today.

     The Civil Service College has launched the "25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the HKSAR: Our Way Forward" seminar series to better equip civil servants to complement the country's and Hong Kong's development in their work by exploring national development strategies through different lenses. The third seminar of the series, delivered via video conferencing today (July 28) by Deputy Director-General of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Hu Jian, covered the theme of strengthening international communication and telling good stories of China. It was also the seventh talk of the series on the country's foreign affairs jointly organised by the Civil Service College and the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

     Addressing the seminar, the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, said that the important speech by President Xi Jinping delivered at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term Government of the HKSAR has stated clearly that Hong Kong must adhere to "one country, two systems" in the long run, and reiterated the country's determination in fully and faithfully implementing the principle of "one country, two systems".

     Mrs Yeung stressed, "'One country, two systems' is of great vitality and the success of its implementation in Hong Kong over the past 25 years has won recognition throughout the world. Civil servants of the HKSAR, as the backbone of the Government, not only have the responsibility but also should make conscientious efforts to tell the success story of 'one country, two systems' of the country and Hong Kong to the international community."

     Over 350 civil servants in the directorate and senior ranks took part in today's talk through online access.

     Three talks of this series had been held in July, and they were attended by around 700 participants.